Three murders, one attempted murder, an 11-week trial and a 33-year sentence were summed up in 45 minutes.

Justice Christopher Beale was direct in his assessment of Erin Patterson’s lack of remorse or pity for her victims, saying she formed an intention to murder them 13 days before she served a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms for lunch in July 2023.

Patterson, 50, was sentenced to the maximum penalty of life in prison for each of the murders of her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson. She also received the maximum, 25 years in jail, for the attempted murder of Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson .

Here are the five key moments from Beale’s sentencing remarks in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday.

1. Patterson’s intention to

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